Atlanta food events this week: Explore Spanish wine and more

Enjoy a conversation about the power of hospitality and community at Chai Pani, taste Spanish wine and tapas at Kitty Dare and celebrate Tio Lucho’s four-year anniversary this week in metro Atlanta.

Credit: Courtesy of Chai Pani

Credit: Courtesy of Chai Pani

The Power of Hospitality

Molly Irani, co-founder of Chai Pani, and Jen Hidinger-Kendrick of nonprofit the Giving Kitchen will spend the evening at Chai Pani in Decatur discussing the impact of hospitality and community.

Join Irani and Hidinger-Kendrick on the restaurant’s covered patio for the conversation, moderated by Atlanta photographer Angie Mosier. The event is free to attend, and there will be some complimentary bites and drinks from Chai Pani. Irani’s book, “Service Ready: A Story of Love, Restaurants, and The Power of Hospitality,” will be on sale and available for signing after the event.

The Giving Kitchen is a nonprofit that offers financial assistance to service workers in need. For those who can’t make it to the speaking portion of the evening, Chai Pani’s Decatur location will donate 10% of its sales that night to Giving Kitchen.

Guests must reserve a spot to attend.

5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday. Free. 406 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur. instagram.com/chaipanidecatur

Credit: Courtesy of Kitty Dare

Taste Spanish wine at Spain After Dark

Inman Park restaurant Kitty Dare will host an evening highlighting Spanish wine on its patio. Guests can expect ample wine, live music, pintxos and tapas featuring coastal Spanish flavors. There will be rare Spanish selections from family-run estates curated by B&L Brands, an Atlanta-based wine purveyor, according to a news release. Wine will be served alongside Spanish-style gin and tonics and sangria.

Tickets are all-inclusive of food and drinks.

6:30 p.m. Thursday. $75 per person. 1029 Edgewood Ave. NE, Atlanta. 404-228-1566, kittydare.com/events

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Celebrate National Ceviche Day with Peru on Ponce

Tio Lucho’s, a Peruvian restaurant from chef Arnaldo Castillo in Poncey-Highland, will celebrate its four-year anniversary with a multiday party.

It begins Friday with food specials like the popular plato fuerte, a spread featuring a mini ceviche cup, shrimp cocktail, hush puppies and plantain chips. On Saturday, head to the patio for an evening grill party from 5-9 p.m. with a DJ and anticuchos on the grill. Guests will find beef sirloin, chicken thigh, fish loin and mushroom skewers, as well as huancaína sauce, parrillera salsa, choclo corn and roasted potatoes.

Finally, Sunday’s celebration is timed with National Ceviche Day and will feature special ceviches like lemon pepper and a Chifa-style ceviche inspired by Peruvian and Chinese cuisine.

Friday-Sunday. 675 N. Highland Ave. NE, Atlanta. 404-343-0278, tioluchos.com

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